Tarr: Calm New Year’s holiday in Moberly

Moberly Police Chief Russell Tarr reports there were no outstanding incidents over the New Year’s Eve holiday Tuesday and Wednesday.

Several calls were received for a ride home, he told the MMI on Thursday morning (Jan. 2), but otherwise, it was a calm start to 2014.

Stricter blood-alcohol limits, stricter driving laws for younger drivers, and sobriety checkpoints all have helped reduce the number of crashes and deaths involving alcohol, but there are limits to what law enforcement measures and public service announcements can accomplish without the public being responsible for their actions.